‘Net neutrality’ reading list

I was recently asked by a client to pull together a reading list on ‘net neutrality’. Below is the download link to the resulting PDF, plus a copy of the text for those who simply prefer to scroll. I picked out the three most important things to read, with various supporting articles and presentations.

This summarises the basic issue: that the policy-making process has disconnected from the science, and thus is ignoring the constraints of technology. Why is this? It is because there is widely-ignored ‘labyrinth of luck’ that joins traffic management to the user experience. Ignoring the stochastic nature of broadband is like ignoring the electromagnetic nature of radio. It doesn’t result in good policy!

So what’s real about the science and technology? Ofcom made the effort to get their science in order before making any rules. The above presentation summarises the key findings from the study they commissioned on traffic management detection. It also offers a framework in which to consider the problem. An additional in-depth summary is here.

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I am an expert on the telecommunications business. I help senior executives to make sense of what is happening, anticipate what is coming, and to act decisively in the face of uncertainty. My long-term professional goal is to facilitate three paradigm shifts: for data networking to become a true science; for voice to evolve its own native form of hypermedia; and for cloud-based enterprises to have the most efficient and effective possible means to communicate with their customers - Martin Geddes. Contact us here